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Ramping up the publicity campaign for Dan Brown's long-time-coming follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code," the publisher released the jacket art for "The Lost Symbol" on Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, Knopf Doubleday released the jacket art for "The Lost Symbol," Dan Brown's follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code."

Showing a blood red wax seal, cryptic symbols and a shadowy skyline of the Capitol, the cover hinted at the setting for the book in Washington D.C. - "though it's a Washington few will recognize," said Jason Kaufman, Mr. Brown's editor. "As we would expect, he pulls back the veil - revealing an unseen world of mysticism, secret societies, and hidden locations, with a stunning twist that long predates America." Mr. Brown had previously written that the book would be "set deep within the oldest fraternity in history," the Masons. The new novel, which is being published by the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on Sept. 15, features Robert Langdon, the protagonist of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons." Knopf Doubleday is planning a 5 million first print run in hardcover. Suzanne Herz, a spokeswoman for Doubleday, said the publisher would also release an e-book version of "The Lost Symbol." That release date was still being worked out because the book will be embargoed until the hardcover publication.

The lost Symbol launch on September 15th

The Lost Symbol Cryptic Messages

If you don't know already, The Lost Symbolis the name of the book by Dan Brown, which is going to be released in September. The book, which was tentatively titled The Solomon Key, has been renamed as The Lost Symbol. The book is high on expectations and people are Preordering The Lost Symbol at many online stores. It is the third book featuring Robert Langdon, the symbologist.

To create the hype the publishers have been releasing cryptic messages on twitter and facebook. We have been able to solve some of them here:

Cryptic Message - Codes of ethics? T 10 C; 6 P O T SOD; 12 S O T Z

The Meaning:
T 10 C - The Ten Commandments
6 P O T SOD - 6 Points On The Star Of David
2 S O T Z - 12 Signs Of The Zodiac

Cryptic Message - Totum maior summa partum

The Meaning:
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Cryptic Message - An image that can be viewed at http://twitpic.com/9htwl

The Meaning:
Its the Gadsden flag without the legend "DONT TREAD ON ME" at the bottom

Cryptic Message - The inspiration of a spy: How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!

The Answer:
Nathan Hale, American revolutionary hero his statue is at CIA HQ. He is believed to have said these lines inspired from CATO.

We will continue our endeavor to solve these cryptic messages that are posted. If you have any answers please add you comments below and I will add them in the next post.

Robert Langdom is very excited about the new installment of the handsome faculty professor adventures, he says he can't wait to read the new adventure of the character he has played twice in the two Blockbusters "The DaVinci Code" and "Angels & Demons".

Hanks who was attending the Japanese premiere of Angels & Demons commented on his expectations for the new book The Lost Symbol where he expects to reprise his role as Robert Langdon when the movie is released.

Up until now the Vatican has condemned both movies based on the adventurous character because it considered both the books and the movies as a serious offense to the institution and to God.( PREORDER THE LOST SYMBOL )

Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks has said he can't wait to read The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's new book which will be published around the world on September 15th.

According to the Vatican, the dismissal of the movies by them is only a publicity stunt by director Ron Howard to get more press coverage on the movie.

Some sources close to the Vatican define the movie as "innocuous entertainment which hardly affects the genius and mystery of Christianity" and another one "modest quality that was saved only by the presence of Tom Hanks".

The Lost Symbol is the title of Dan Borwn's latest novel to be published later this year, but a few months ago it was reported that the title was going to be The Solomon Key, whuy this change of mind? The Solomon Key sounds so much more mysterious and attractive than The Lost Symbol.

On the first place, The Solomon Key was only the working title of the book, and we all know how tight secrecy is around Dan Browns work, so the minute the working title was leaked, people began speculating about the contents of the book and mixed news were published misleading the public and creating some sort of turmoil around the novel.

Finally the official publishing date has been released and The Lost Symbol will be here on September the 15th. according to the sources that have actually read the book already, the book takes you on a 12 hour trip that as it's predecessor will make it hard for you to put down until you finish it.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Author Dan Brown is moving to Washington D.C. for the follow-up to his successful conspiracy theory novel "The Da Vinci Code," publisher Random House said on Wednesday.

Brown's latest novel, "The lost symbol," will be released on September 15 and again features the fictional, mystery-solving Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, with the story taking place over a 12-hour period.

The location and plot of the book have been kept under wraps until the publisher released two jackets for the book on Wednesday at the start of a promotion campaign that includes online puzzles and codes.

The U.S. cover features a picture of the Capitol with a red wax seal against a background of symbols, while the cover for Britain and Australia has the Capitol and a key with a square and a compass.

Brown's U.S. editor Jason Kaufman from Knopf Doubleday, an imprint of Random House, said in a widely reported statement that the book is "largely" set in Washington but "it's a Washington few will recognize."

"As we would expect, he pulls back the veil -- revealing an

unseen world of mysticism, secret societies, and hidden locations, with a stunning twist that long predates America," said Kaufman.

The release of the covers will give Brown's fans plenty of fodder for speculation in the lead-up to the book's release, with Brown decoders already noting the similarities to emblems of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry which has a headquarters in Washington.

"The Lost Symbol" will have a global English language first print run of 6.5 million copies -- the largest first print run ever by Random House, a unit of German media group Bertelsmann AG.

"The Da Vinci Code" has more than 81 million copies in print since its 2003 release and topped best-seller lists worldwide, outraging the Vatican and some Catholics because of the fictional story lines about conspiracy and the Catholic Church.

Since publication of "The Da Vinci Code," Brown's earlier novels "Angels and Demons," "Deception Point," and "Digital Fortress" have also become international bestsellers. The lost symbol preorder

Tom Hanks played Langdon in the 2006 film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code," and also in this year's movie release of "Angels and Demons" which did not create the same furor in the Vatican or the same demand at the box office.

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Dan Brown's fans have waited six long years for "The Lost Symbol" his follow-up to the mega-blockbuster novel "The Da Vinci Code" that is being published in hardcover on Sept. 15.

Will those who want to read it in e-book form wait a little longer?

It is a question that Brown's publisher, the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, is weighing as it plans the rollout of what it hopes will be a book-selling sensation. The publisher has announced a first hardcover run of 5 million copies, but Suzanne Herz, a spokeswoman for Knopf Doubleday, said the publisher had not decided when to release an electronic version.

Other publishers are mulling release dates for fall titles. Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, said it had not set a date for the e-book edition of "True Compass," the memoir by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that is being released in hardcover on Oct. 6. Twelve has announced a first print run of 1.5 million copies.

No topic is more hotly debated in book circles at the moment than the timing, pricing and ultimate impact of e-books on the financial health of publishers and retailers. Publishers are grappling with e-book release dates partly because they are trying to understand how digital editions affect demand for hardcover books. A hardcover typically sells for anywhere from $25 to $35, while the most common price for an e-book has quickly become $9.99.

Amazon.com, which sells electronic editions for its Kindle device, has effectively made $9.99 the de facto price for most best-sellers, a price that publishers believe will reduce their profit margins over time. Barnes & Noble sells best-sellers in e-book form for $9.95.

Herz said Doubleday was primarily worried about the security of Brown's book, which is being kept under a strict embargo until the Sept. 15 publication date. But she acknowledged that the e-book's possible effect on hardcover sales was an issue, among others. The lost symbol book

Similarly, Stephen King, whose novel "Under the Dome" is being published in November by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, said in an e-mail message that "we're all thinking and talking about electronic publishing and how to deal with these issues," adding, "but I can't say anything right now."

Until now, John Grisham has not allowed any of his books to be released in electronic book form. But according to his agent, David Gernert, Grisham has not resolved how his publisher, Doubleday, should release a digital version of "Ford County," a short story collection set for hardcover release on Nov. 3.

Stuart Applebaum, a spokesman for Random House, the world's largest publisher of consumer books and the parent company of Knopf Doubleday, said that the company's standard approach was to release e-books on the same day that a hardcover is published.

But, he said, "we do have discussions periodically about either delaying or accelerating the e-book edition" on a book-by-book basis. Imprints of Random House, in fact, have committed to releasing digital versions on the same day as the hardcovers for upcoming titles from John Irving, E.L. Doctorow and Jon Krakauer. The lost symbol novel

Many publishers did not want to talk publicly about internal discussions concerning whether to delay the release of e-books specifically on releases by best-selling authors. The lost symbol book release